Hello folks!
It's Friday, the sun is out (sort of), and there's loads of footie on the telly! If that's not enough to put a smile on your face hopefully this mailout will help!
We've a Spotify Playlist compiled by none other than Ian Damaged himself - expect current and classic DG tracks interspersed with some end-of-term faves! Click here or on the Playlist logo below.
The new album by Cyanide Pills is called Soundtrack To The New Cold War. It's set for release in early August and is up for pre-order now! The band have also announced some tour dates. Whoop whoop!
And finally, news on a 25th anniversary reissue of Kyra Rubella's solo LP! (Yes, Kyra from Thee Headcoatees!) It's not up for pre-order yet but you can check out the sleeve and expanded tracklisting below.
FRIDAY SPOTIFY PLAYLIST
Includes tracks by The Rellies, Cyanide Pills, King Salami & The Cumberland Three, The Guy Hamper Trio feat. James Taylor, the Courettes and more!
CYANIDE PILLS - NEW ALBUM - SOUNDTRACK TO THE NEW COLD WAR LP/CD Out August 4th
LONG AWAITED FOURTH LONG PLAYER BY LEEDS PUNK BAND CYANIDE PILLS!
FIRST VINYL PRESSING ON LIMITED EDITION YELLOW/RED SPLATTER VINYL!
We caught up with lead singer Phil to discuss where the band is at… What inspired you to make this concept album, time was right?
I had to look up what a concept album was, it means an album where the songs all relate to each other? It must have been an accident due to memory loss, “Phil, haven’t we already done a song about war?” “Phil, haven’t we already done a song about corruption?” We live in dark times, the stupid ones are in charge, the evil ones are at the controls. It’s hard to write songs about kittens and flowers at the moment.
It’s been six years since your last album, why so long?
It’s taken a while! At first due to laziness, everyday life gets in the way, we have to pay the rent and eat so tyres have to be changed, holes have to be dug, floors have to be swept, then there was a pandemic! but it’s mostly laziness, we are lazy c**ts.
The album was produced by Carl Rosamond at the Billiard Room in Leeds. What’s it like working with him?
Everything we have ever recorded is with Mr Rosamond, he’s the extra member of the band. Who needs George Martin or Phil Spector when you have the ‘razor blade’ Rosamond living down the street.
Love the cover art for the new album. Who’s the talented artist?
The cover was drawn by ‘The head honcho’ ‘Numero uno’ ‘The big cheese’ ‘Our glorious leader’ ‘Das Kapitan’ ‘The chosen one’ ‘The golden goose’ ‘The idiot Savant’ ‘The one that walks among us’ otherwise known as Phil Privilege, he didn’t credit himself as he is very humble and shy.
‘Low Budget Rock ‘n’ Roll’ – Love it! If you were making a mixtape of low budget rock ‘n’ roll, which bands would be on it?
Low budget rock n roll, the mix tape would include anyone who hasn’t got a pot to piss in but knows three chords and just wants to play rock n roll, you know who you are.
How do you think the government are doing, happy with the Tories still?
The government are doing a marvellous job! Encouraging us all to return to old traditions like Starvation, destitution, hopelessness, and despair. Let’s hope the guillotine makes a resurgence too.
You finally managed to make it into Europe for your Covid-postponed gigs. What were the best and worse things to happen on the tour?
Touring will always be fun, a bit more bureaucracy and self-inflicted bullshit to deal with but it’s soon forgotten when we get to play for our punk brothers and sisters in Europe.
You’ve been playing live without Alex, is he still in the band?
Yes, we are playing without our Mr Arson, like we mentioned earlier, life gets in the way of fun sometimes, they have to work and pay the rent in Norway too. We decided to play as four-piece for the time being, we want to play live no matter what! It was a difficult decision at first but when we noticed how much more room there was in the van….
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Our thanks to Phil for the chat above and the album is up for pre-sale right now, we think it might be their best yet.
CYANIDE PILLS @ The Hope & Anchor, London - DECEMBER 15TH
Cyanide Pills will be playing at the legendary Hope & Anchor in Islington this December! Tickets are on sale now!
https://www.wegottickets.com/event/587621/
MORE UK DATES BY CYANIDE PILLS!
Thurs Sept 7 - Northwich, Salty Dog (with Instant Agony)
Fri Sept 8 - Harlow, Redchurch Brewery (with The Courettes) - TICKETS
Fri Dec 15 - London, Hope and Anchor - TICKETS
Sat Dec 16 - Leeds Punk Rock Xmas, Brudenell Social Club (with Discharge, Geoffrey Oi!Cott plus more!) - TICKETS
Sun Dec 17 - Blackpool Waterloo (with Guitar Gangsters, Instant Agony plus more!)
KYRA - HERE I AM, I ALWAYS AM (Ltd. col LP) - Out August 25th
**PRE-ORDER STARTING SOON**
25th Anniversary issue with 5 BONUS TRACKS!
KRYA from The Headcoatees with backing by Thee Headcoats!
This is one of our favourite albums of the 90’s and we’re over the moon to finally have it out on Damaged Goods, it was originally released on Vinyl Japan (ASKLP71) in 1998.
This new expanded version with FIVE bonus tracks including her 7” with the legendary ‘Armitage Shanks’ is also available on coloured vinyl for the first time, peach in fact!
Kyra Rubella was best known as a member of Thee Headcoatees and was also in The A-Lines and The Shall-I-Say-Quois.
ORIGINAL LP SLEEVENOTES –
Kyra (that’s pronounced ‘Keera’) is a Flemish girl who sings punk rock and Chansons with heart and abandon. She first came to our attention as one of Thee famed Headcoatees. The energy and power of her performance convinced us that she should make an album of her own.
How about it, Kyra?
“YES! YES! YES!” she screamed, jumping up and down.
So, recorded live and in a style that would make lesser hearts tremble, here she is, (she always is).
TRACKLISTING
1 – Agitated 2 – Anna K. 3 – It’s a Stick-Up 4 – Here I Am, I Always Am
5 – Naked 6 – Louise 7 – Marieke 8 – Ego Maniac 9 – Do Things Right
10 – Organic Footprints 11 – Today is the Night 12 – Laughing Song
13 – Doodlebug *BONUS TRACK* 14 – Punk Rock Ist Nicht Tot *BONUS TRACK*
15 – Love in A Void *BONUS TRACK* 16 – Orgasm Addict *BONUS TRACK*
17 – Die Wonderlijke Dag (This Wond’rous Day) *BONUS TRACK*
Tracks 1-12: From the original album released on Vinyl Japan (ASKLP71) 1998
‘Doodlebug’ & ‘Punk Rock Ist Nicht Tot’- Single released on Damaged Goods (DAMGOOD143) 1998
‘Love In A Void’ & ‘Orgasm Addict’ – Single by Armitage Shanks featuring Kyra (DAMGOOD59) 1995
Die Wonderlijke Dag (This Wond’rous Day) – B-side of single ‘Kyra Sings Marieke’ on Vinyl Japan (PAD38) 1998
Eat a peach!
Ian & Duncan